The grassroots officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade followed their respective commanders and escaped from death on the Shura battlefield of Songhu Battle, crawling out from the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

They have all seen big scenes, and their defeat of the 16th Division last night has built up strong confidence, so they are not at all panicked when facing the Japanese army.

Under the order of the captain and company commander, more than a hundred soldiers in the forward trenches calmed down and did not open fire rashly.

It wasn't until the fifty or so Japanese soldiers advanced to a place less than thirty meters away from them that the captain and company commander took the lead in raising his gun and fired, and at the same time shouted an order: "Hit me hard!"

Bang! Puff! A Japanese sergeant with a small plaster flag hanging under the barrel of his rifle was shot on the spot and fell down.

Hundreds of frontline soldiers followed suit and opened fire. In an instant, dozens of rifles, pistols, and several light machine guns fired a dense row of bullets, hitting the Japanese head-on.

Puff puff puff! Ahhh! The Japanese soldiers who had no time to dodge fell down immediately.

After firing the first wave of shots, some independent brigade riflemen fired grenades and threw them at the Japanese.

In this way, more than fifty Japanese soldiers were first hit by a wave of intensive firepower, and then were blown up by more than a dozen smoking grenades.

In just one encounter, more than half of the fifty or so little Japs were killed or injured. The team leader saw that the situation was not going well, so he turned around and ran away.

The remaining twenty or so Japanese soldiers were also horrified and turned around and fled back. In the process of escaping, more than ten people were randomly shot to death by the independent brigade defenders.

In the end, only less than fifteen people of a full infantry squad escaped alive, and they were in extremely miserable condition.

Seeing this scene, Kuroshima Kiichi, who was waiting for the fighter plane in the offensive position, was shocked and angry. He never expected that this would be such a situation.

Just when Kuroshima Kiichi was about to reprimand the squad leader who led the team to escape, a Japanese soldier carrying a gun ran up from the trench along the trench and gave him an order: "The division commander ordered that your troops

The entire force was mobilized to launch an attack on the Chinese Army's positions, luring the enemy to expose their firepower.

The division artillery unit will provide you with fire cover!"

"Hai!" Kuroshima Kiichi did not dare to disobey Hisao Tani's order and immediately bowed his head to accept the order.

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Independent Brigade Headquarters in Wuxi City.

After Xu Wen heard the gunfire in the south of the city, he immediately said to Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun: "Weiguo, Brother Chen, you two stay at the brigade headquarters, and I will go to the front to command a regiment in battle."

"Brother, why don't I go?" Zhou Weiguo said with some worry: "You are the brigade commander, it is more appropriate to stay at the brigade headquarters and command the overall situation."

Xu Wen waved his hands and said: "No, we are outnumbered and the enemy has very strong firepower. Hisao Tani is a very cunning guy. I am afraid that the regiment commander will not be able to withstand it."

Only with me taking command in the south of the city can we ensure that the forward position is not lost!"

Zhou Weiguo said: "Then I will also go to the east of the city to sit at the headquarters of the Second Regiment and command the Second Regiment in combat. It will be safer this way."

"Well, yes, only with you and me taking personal command can we ensure that nothing goes wrong! During the day, the Japanese have heavy firepower advantages such as planes and artillery, so we can only defend!"

When night comes, we will wait for an opportunity to counterattack!" Xu Wen nodded and ordered.

"Okay, let's split up and leave this to Brother Chen." Zhou Weiguo nodded happily.

Seeing that the two of them had made up their mind, Chen Zhenglun had no choice but to say, "You two, be more careful."

"Don't worry, Chief of Staff." Xu Wen smiled and nodded, taking the lead and striding out of the brigade headquarters. After leaving the brigade headquarters, he directly summoned his Tiger tank and drove it quickly towards the regiment headquarters in the south of the city.

The Tiger tank's defensive armor is thick and strong. It is a strong and mobile fortress. It also has an 88MM caliber tank gun, which can provide powerful artillery support at critical moments.

The most important thing is that this tank has the most advanced radio system at the time. It can communicate with the entire tank battalion, air defense battalion and brigade headquarters at any time.

When fire support is needed in the east or south of the city, order them to come for reinforcements as soon as possible.

When Xu Wen rushed to the 1st regiment headquarters in the south of the city with a Tiger tank, Lieutenant Colonel Kuroshima Kiichi happened to lead more than a thousand infantrymen and launched an attack on the 1st regiment's forward position.

First regiment leader Chen Tianxiang and others immediately walked out of the regiment headquarters when they learned of Xu Wen's arrival. They happened to see Xu Wen just jump out of the Tiger tank. Everyone immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Brigade seat!"

Xu Wen waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to be polite when it comes to urgent matters. Go back to your regiment headquarters!"

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in a loud voice and immediately followed Xu Wen back to the regiment headquarters.

The headquarters of the 1st Regiment is located under the city wall outside the south gate of Wuxi. It is a semi-permanent fortification built on the city wall. Above it is a fortress made of reinforced concrete. It is surrounded by trees and is very hidden.

These were previously built by the Nationalist Government in preparation for war. If it were not directly hit by a 150mm caliber heavy artillery or a heavy aircraft bomb, it would be very safe here.

It is obviously very suitable for Chen Tianxiang and others to choose this place as their headquarters.

After entering the headquarters, Xu Wen immediately stood in an observation position, holding up a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, and asked: "How is the battle situation now?"

Chen Tianxiang behind him immediately replied: "Just now we easily repelled a small wave of enemy attacks and killed thirty or forty enemies!

Now after a round of small-scale shelling, the Japanese have started a new round of attacks, but this time there are more troops than before, nearly a thousand people!"

During Chen Tianxiang's report, Xu Wen had already seen the Japanese through the telescope, charging in groups with guns in their hands towards their forward positions.

Putting down the telescope, Xu Wen immediately ordered Chen Tianxiang: "Captain Chen, I'll leave this to you. I'll go to the front and directly command the battle!"

"Ah? The brigade commander is inappropriate, the frontier is dangerous! You are the brigade commander, you can't put yourself in danger!" Chen Tianxiang actually felt that it was too risky for Xu Wen to come to his regiment headquarters, and seeing that he actually wanted to go to the frontier was a matter of life and death.

He refused and stood directly in front of Xu Wen.

"Get out of the way! I know what I know!" Xu Wen shouted coldly: "Listen to me, without my order, except for the battalion in front, all other battalions in your regiment are not allowed to open fire without permission and expose themselves.

Location!"

After saying that, Xu Wen pushed Chen Tianxiang away and rushed towards the forward position with two guards.

Chen Tianxiang couldn't stop him, so he had to send a squad of guards to follow Xu Wen to protect him.

It is said that when Xu Wen followed the communication trench on the position and arrived at the forward position, Kuroshima Kiichi had already led more than a thousand elite Japanese troops and engaged in a firefight with the regiments and battalions responsible for defending the forward position.

The two sides fought fiercely, with explosions and bullets flying back and forth everywhere.

Xu Wen did not go to the forward command post of the 1st Battalion. Instead, he led the guards directly to the trench fortifications where a light machine gun position was located in the forefront trench.

This place had just been hit by a Japanese grenade. A crooked light machine gun and several machine gunners all fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing the Japs swarming in front of the position, the situation was critical, Xu Wen took out the bazooka rocket launcher from the system warehouse without caring about anything else, skillfully loaded the rocket launcher, carried it on his shoulder and aimed at a group of soldiers.

The swarming Japanese infantry are like one shot!

There was a loud bang, and the rocket turned into a stream of light and shot out, hitting the target group hard. Boom! There was a violent explosion.

At least a dozen Japanese soldiers who were charging forward with guns in their hands were all blown away and were completely killed or injured.

System prompts began to ring in Xu Wen's mind one after another: "Ding dong, the host killed a Japanese private and exploded a box of grenades!

Ding dong, the host killed a Japanese second lieutenant and exploded an MG42 general machine gun with three basic ammunition...

Ding dong, the host killed a Japanese sergeant and exploded a Thompson submachine gun..."

Xu Wen was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly put away the rocket launcher and took out the MG42 general-purpose machine gun that had just exploded from the warehouse. He held it in his hand and fired wildly at the Japanese attacking crowd outside the position.

As more and more Japanese were hit by the bullets he fired and fell to the ground, the sound of the system's explosive devices also continued to ring in his mind.

This is one of the main reasons why Xu Wen risked his life and came to the frontline to participate in the battle. Killing the enemy can explode his equipment, and his arrival will greatly inspire the morale and fighting spirit of the frontline soldiers, which will have a great impact on the entire defensive battle.

All are of great help.
Chapter completed!